calypter
Noun
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Noun
calypter (plural calypters)
- (biology, entomology) Either of two posterior wing lobes that appear in dipteran flies of the subsection Calyptrata, and that cover the halteres.
- 1947, Maurice T. James, Miscellaneous Publication 61: The Flies that Cause Myiasis in Man, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 122 ↗,
- The acrosticals are irregularly paired, with numerous accessory setulae between the rows; the lower calypters protrude distinctly beyond the margin of the upper; […] .
- 2002, Elen L. Aguiar-Menezes, Euripides B. Menezes, Paolo Cesar R. Cassino, Marco A. Soares, 12: Passion Fruit, Jorge E. Peña, Jennifer L. Sharp, M. Wysoki (editors), Tropical Fruit Pests and Pollinators, page 373 ↗,
- The wings are hyaline and slightly smoky yellowish, while the calypters and wing fringes are pale yellowish (Steyskal, 1980).
- 2004, James B. Coupland, Gary B. Barker, 3: Diptera as Predators and Parasitoids of Terrestrial Molluscs, with Emphasis on Phoridae, Calliphoridae, Sarcophagidae, Muscidae and Fanniidae, G. M. Barker (editor), Natural Enemies of Terrestrial Molluscs, page 88 ↗,
- Traditionally this taxon[Schizophora] is subdivided into Calyptratae and Acalyptratae, based respectively on the strong or reduced development of the lower calypter.
- 1947, Maurice T. James, Miscellaneous Publication 61: The Flies that Cause Myiasis in Man, U.S. Department of Agriculture, page 122 ↗,
- Spanish: caliptro
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